'March for the Beloved' Cover Contest Online Evaluation in Progress

Official YouTube Channel of the 5·18 Event Committee Until the 27th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The 40th Anniversary 5·18 People's Uprising Commemoration Event Committee announced on the 20th that it will conduct an online public evaluation by citizens for the 5·18 representative song 'March for the Beloved' cover contest until the 27th.

The 5·18 Event Committee received a total of 31 entries in the 5·18 song online contest held from the 27th of last month to the 18th.

Among them, 29 works were uploaded to the committee's official YouTube channel for evaluation by the citizen participation group.

The judging is conducted by reflecting likes (20 points) and number of plays (10 points) in the evaluation score.

The judged works include 14 existing versions or ballads, which is the largest number, 7 band-style works such as acoustic guitar, 3 Korean traditional music (Gugak), 2 trot, and one each of EDM, rock, and R&B rap.

After collecting the citizen jury's evaluations, the 5·18 Event Committee will conduct expert judging on the 29th and announce the final contest results on the 1st of next month based on the combined scores.

The expert evaluation will assess the fidelity of basic skills such as pitch and rhythm (20 points), vocal ability (20 points), popular appeal (20 points), and lyric delivery ability (10 points).

Prizes will be awarded to one grand prize winner (3 million KRW), two gold prize winners (2 million KRW each), three silver prize winners (1 million KRW each), and four bronze prize winners (500,000 KRW each), with prize money and certificates.

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